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But, it's great for what it is!
It's amazing how many processor models were being released by Intel at that time.
While the differences in performance are really minimal.
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 V2
In fact, it's exactly the same processor with a slightly higher frequency...
I'm not sure it was worth making 2 different boxes.
You could install ports and update certain main ones like pkg, freebsd-update etc to newer versions and then just try to jump from 12 to 14.
Alternatively, you can download 12.4 ISO, mount it and get packages from there.
freebsd-update can be tricky if your pkg collection is too old vs. the new OS release, but since you can re-install 12 from their control panel, you won't really lose anything by trying.
You could also check if 12 -> 13 update works and then you can get packages all updated and finally go to 14.
Here is a link in which FreeBSD developer zirias@ suggests that jumping versions from 12.2 to 13.1 might work: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/jump-releases.85273/
Great idea!
Exactly!
Thanks @Crab!
Hi @remy!
Thanks for your comment!
I hear that processors from around this ancient time which have numbers ending in 5 have built-in, integrated graphics.
So there might be that difference between 1230 and 1245.
Yeah, there do seem to be a lot of processor models!
Hope you have a nice weekend!
Tom
Interesting, that explains it. I didn't even know my server had a gpu. I'm off to find out what's possible to decode with this beast. Thanks !
Hi again @remy!
You might consider checking to see whether the iGPU is enabled. Here's what I see on my crunchbits server.
If you do not see similar output, that might mean the iGPU is disabled on boot. So, if you do not see any output from
ls /dev/drior even if you do, maybe make a new thread. Possibly @crunchbits might come by to teach us how to use the integrated graphics and also how to pass the integrated graphics through to KVM VPSes.Friendly greetings!
Tom
@sh97! What do you think?
Here's China. @sh97
@jason5545 Did you get one of these? Do you want one?
Good deal.
Although OVH 's $19/month SYS-LE might be a better deal if 1G port speed wasn't a concern due to the SSDs instead of HDD
I have two mini dedis. That's enough for me. If it's a VPS then I'll get one without a doubt.
Saving some idlers for the mother nature
@jason5545 Okay! Sounds good! Have fun!
Not to mention the anti-DDOS protection which for some people is a must-have.
The 1G port exists for download at least so it's only the upload that is gimped.
@Not_Oles have you tried upgrading the OS yet?
Not yet! I did raise a ticket asking whether OneProvider plans to upgrade the FreeBSD 12.2 version presently in their installer and whether they could share a time schedule estimate for the upgrade. I received the auto-reply to the ticket, but haven't yet heard more.
Right now both servers are installed with Debian 12.
If you want to talk about it, what's your FreeBSD experience? What do you do with FreeBSD?
Best!
Tom
I use FreeBSD pretty much on all the servers I have, no matter whether they are dedicated or virtual. It started many years ago with FreeBSD 5.0, some IBM server, ServeRAID controller, screaming 15k UWSCSI drives and I'm still on that journey
For fun I also have it installed on an old Lenovo Black Friday $99 11" laptop and to my big surprise most everything works including touchpad, wifi and audio. Some hotkeys are missing, but atleast volume control works, so I'm good
tl;dr it just works, has everything essential and of course you cannot beat ZFS.
"It just works" also describes NetBSD when I used it, quite a while back -- on x86, MIPS, ARM, and Power. Fun old days!
Wonder if OneProvider will update the FreeBSD installer. . . .
Guys, it's too crazy to imagine that anyone here might want a shell account on one of these ancient servers, right? Way too crazy. . . .
Just give freebsd-update a try. It is pretty quick and you won't lose much time if it fails. Since you can re-install from the panel, nothing will be lost.
Go from stock to 12.2, then 12.4 and then 13.0 and if it still boots once you get there, I think you're on clear waters. With vanilla installation there isn't much to update anyways. Just kernel and base os libraries and utils.
I think a better question is that what you could NOT do with an E3. It is still plenty powerful for a lot of things.
Hi yet again @Crab!
Yeah, maybe freebsd-update might work.
Maybe it's also easy to copy in and mount an ISO, and then use the mounted ISO for sources, as you previously suggested.
Something else I just realized is that, from the 12.2 install, I can grab whatever it is that FreeBSD names the network interface. If I have FreeBSD's network interface name, then I have half a chance of success with an install if I put the server back to Debian and use depenguin.me.
I might try some of this, just for fun. Or maybe someone else will try it. I put up an offer post.
Just started a Control Panel reinstall for one server back to FreeBSD 12.2. . . .
Thanks again!
You bought a bunch of them?
Just two.
@Crab
I'd just give this a try:
If you get here and pkg is functional, then path to 14.0 should be clear.
You could try to jump straight to 14.0 or 13.2 first.
@Crab
Thanks! I'm slow. I want to read the man pages. But I will try your kind suggestions.
Interestingly, besides me, the OneProvider panel installs seem to take longer than might be expected, hours instead of minutes. Plus, panel installs don't always seem to complete, at least for me.
I think I tried four times to get the present reinstall to work. 
No reply yet from OneProvider support about updating the panel install FreeBSD version.
Thanks again! Best!
Tom
It is a bummer if it is that slow. I have had a bunch of OneProvider boxes in the past but never bothered to use the reinstall function from their control panel. I've always just used IPMI to mount an ISO even though it is a hassle with older Java.
FreeBSD Handbook provides a lot of details on the upgrade process if you're interested in reading that stuff.
@Crab Well, you're a pro. You use the IPMI. But, it looks like your suggestion might have worked! I tried to post the terminal output but Cloudflare blocked it. ☔ More soon!
This is from my phone. Have to see if my Chromebook still is blocked.
@Crab Good news! I am cautiously optimistic that the update to 14.0 might have worked. Cloudflare won't me me post even the motd welcome message! Thanks so much for your help!